IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PLOME
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979CO067001
  • User Pedon ID: S1979CO067001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979CO067001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47325
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.2741661
  • Std. Longitude: -107.9783325
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet west and 1700 feet north of southeast corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO067—La Plata
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO669—La Plata County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Eutroboralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PLOME
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plome
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Eutroboralf
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: mesa
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FEAR2

    NAVI4

    PIPA2

    POA

    QUERC

    SYMPH

    Festuca arizonica

    Nassella viridula

    Pinus palustris

    Poa

    Quercus

    Symphoricarpos

    Arizona fescue

    green needlegrass

    longleaf pine

    bluegrass

    oak

    snowberry

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    2286

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    180

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); muck; fragments.
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    B&A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/2), yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt21—28 to 55 centimeters (11.0 to 21.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; strong medium angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00448
    Bt22—55 to 79 centimeters (21.7 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00449
    B3—79 to 157 centimeters (31.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent.